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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1898
Page
2
The Freeport Daily Journal notes its postal handling as second class mail matter with prepaid subscriptions and renewed mailing details for subscribers in Freeport Illinois.
C R King visits Lena and Rev F W Keator is in Chicago. M EB McHenry and Al Baumgarten go to Chicago. Wm Clement and Harry Isaacs travel to Chicago on business. Oliver Mertes visits from Stockton. Wm Edwards from Martintown visits. Miss Cora Penticoff guests at Belvidere. Miss Georgia Chesaria visits from Ypsilanti. Will Tice and mother return from the East. H J Brubaker of Chicago visits Freeport. H D Bentley and son Charles transact business at Rockford. G Rummel family guests here. Mrs Henry Sumburg of Austinville visits brother Peter Graaiman. Charley Selle from Chicago to see ill father. Mrs J Meyers and son attend funeral at Pearl City. Miss Katie Zartman returns to Rockford after visit. Mr and Mrs Chas H Chapman en route from Frankfort Mich. Major Frank Carter of Rockford promotes Mystic Shrine meeting in Rockford tomorrow. several Freeport candidates to take degrees. William Bennett of Galena division CNW in Freeport overnight. praised official and railroad man. Rocky Mountain Tea ad ends. Emmert & Burrell.
Miss Anna Darrah assists at Little's. Henry Keller opens a dancing school tonight. Master Bros display candies attractively. Henry Braun works on plumbing at Shannon. Knights of the Globe drill tonight. Cycling club meets this evening. Freeport council National Union to elect officers tomorrow evening. Mrs L G Voigt hosts this afternoon for her 61st birthday. Rennie Bellows begins winter term at Miss Harlow's business college. Those C class players were tight. more were needed. Chas Hulman of the cruiser Minneapolis was here en route to San Francisco. Ice at the park smooth and skating should be fine with warm weather. Salvation Hall afternoon meetings daily this week, with evening paling.
A reader testimonial credits Electric Bitters with curing a six month case of yellow jaundice after doctors failed. The note, signed by M. A. Hogarty of Lexington, Kentucky, praises the remedy and endorses it through Emmert & Burrell, druggists.
The Freeport Whist club lost to Galena 88 tricks or 44 points as Victory the banner bird favored the Galena side during a return game at Freeport after a prior visit. The event featured sobering misgivings, courtesy, and lasting friendships forged between Freeport and Galena players and spectators.
A large audience welcomed Bryan's Comedians for a week long engagement at Germania. They opened with the melodrama Grit or True as Steel led by M B Streeter and Olga Bryan. The Surrick entertainment and upcoming acts are announced for December 16 at the Y M C A Auditorium.
The ad claims Beecham's Pills swiftly cure fidgety trembling sensations sleeplessness nervous headaches fluttering heart irritability low spirits general debility and poverty of the blood. It asserts noise and car rumble cause nerves and constipation underlie many illnesses.
The Baptist Y P U announces its semiannual business meeting this evening at 8 o'clock. Members are urged to attend as officers report on past activities and plan future work.
In Freeport, ministers face a probe over claims they do not engage in card games. The question asks whether further evidence is needed to confirm their stance against playing cards within the town.
George Wertz and Jerome Gibler will give a dancing party at Maynard's hall tomorrow evening. The event invites local residents to enjoy music and dancing in a community social setting.
The Royal Neighbors plan a meeting tomorrow night to vote on twenty new membership applications. The Home Missionary Society of the First M.E. church will serve supper in the church parlors from 5 to 8 PM tomorrow evening. Schoeffel and Brockhausen on Galena Street announce a new large double store ready by Thursday night and promise one of the state’s finest grocery stores, per their advertisement in this issue.
The 1899 calendar lists New Year’s Day Sunday with Monday calls, watch-night services stretching into Sabbath, Washington’s Birthday on Wednesday, Memorial Day and July 4 on Tuesday, Christmas on Monday, Ash Wednesday February 16, Shrove Sunday March 12, Good Friday March 31, Easter April 2, new congressmen taking prerogatives on Saturday March 1, May Day on Monday. The year ends on Sunday.
A Monday evening gathering at Mrs. W. W. Stebbins residence in Silver Creek township celebrated her 44th birthday. Guests arrived with livestock moved to clear space for horses, refreshments were served, and Mr. F L Ferris demonstrated cake-eating skill amid a lively, sociable crowd including Fischer Bardell Molter Borgmeier Scheffner and many others.
A large crew begins the annual ice harvest in Frost to fill city ice houses. Baier & Ohlendorf aim for about 11 000 tons, Win Ascher leads 25 men, and several firms including Schemmich Bros, Millner the brewer, the I C R R, J R Smith, Casper Nehus, and Balles & Buehler plan storage ranging from hundreds to thousands of tons.
State's Attorney Hoard reports from the Illinois State's Attorneys association on proposed criminal law reforms. The group backs appeals for the people in criminal cases, grand jury reporting, appointing assistant state attorneys for indictments, and shifting to a salary system. They plan to scrutinize all criminal law bills and push for sound legislation while opposing unwise laws. A Springfield meeting of the law reform committee is planned during the session.
A Shelby merchant’s testimonial proclaims Mrs. Luther Lutz cured after seven years of severe illness by Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption. She slept after the first dose and, with two bottles, was absolutely cured. Trial bottles free at Emmert and Burrell’s drug store. Regular sizes 50 cents and one dollar, guaranteed.
Northern Illinois announces the tenth poultry and pet stock exhibition at Rockford from December 26 to 31 with cash premiums including 20 dollars in gold and 12 pieces of silverware among 200 other awards. Judges B N Pierce of Indiana and D T Heimlich of Illinois to score birds. entries close December 24 and must be in Armory Hall by noon December 27. Show opens to public Wednesday at 7 pm. banquet for visiting exhibitors Thursday. excursion rail rates offered.
A lengthy list of garments and accessories is noted, including aprons, hoods, bags, hose, baskets, card cases, pin cushions, belts, collars, dress goods, skirts, shawls, silks, ear muffs, dress shirts, overcoats, fancy shirts, ties, umbrellas, walking sticks, house jackets, cardigan jackets, oxford mufflers, suspenders, suits, pants, shirts, pajamas, night robes, fur gloves, dress gloves, mittens, wristlets, bath robes, handkerchiefs, mufflers, cuffs, scarf pins, studs, cuff buttons, sweaters, caps.
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